The five-year resilience education programme will explain about the risks of drug and alcohol use, and also offer support to young people affected by parental substance misuse.
A team of 250 volunteers from the Amy Winehouse Foundation, the charity named after the singer-songwriter who died in 2011 as a result of alcohol toxicity, will deliver the project in 10 areas: Barnsley, Bournemouth, Brent, Derbyshire, Halton, Havering, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Morecambe and Preston.
The volunteers, all of whom have experience of substance misuse and are in recovery themselves, will deliver "life story share" sessions and workshops on resilience, self esteem, peer pressure and risky behaviour. They wil be supported and supervised by co-ordinators from the Foundation.
The sessions will explore factors that can contribute towards a young person being susceptible to substance misuse, such as emotional issues, bullying and family problems.
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